Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this was just one of a number of sites , known only to Halim and his team , where the early Chinese mariners had buried their dead together , as was their custom , with porcelain some of which had been fired in the imperial kilns of the Sung and Ming dynasties and dated back as far as the eleventh century . |
| 2 | Close your eyes , inhale and bend back as far as you can ( without any discomfort ) thrusting your arms back . |
| 3 | As for his arm , she decided , it could just fester and drop off as far as she was concerned . |
| 4 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 5 | So Alice refused all offers of alcohol from the solicitous hostess in First Class , rejected the proffered magazines , donned her eyepads , and lay back as far as possible in what the airline liked to call her armchair . |
| 6 | These divisions run very deep and go back as far as the available documents provide information on such matters . |